Here’s a thought…
“The politician wants men to know how to die courageously; the poet wants men to live courageously.”
SALVATORE QUASIMODO
Student Thanks OPALCO in Open Letter
-- from Anthony Kaskurs, Orcas Island -- Dear Foster Hildreth: My name is Anthony Kaskurs, a 17-year-old high school student that recently had the privilege of attending the Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association Youth Rally about a week ago. In order to attend I had to write a short essay and appear
Membership Drive is ON at Orcas Senior Center
No age requirement to get Senior Center Benefits! -- from Jami Mitchell, Senior Center Manager -- The annual membership drive for the Orcas Island Senior Center is in full swing! Member perks have been added, expanded, and re-vamped to make the benefits of membership enticing, advantageous, and convenient to use.
Mamet’s The Frog Prince to Hop onto Random Howse Stage
Thursday - Friday, July 23-24, 7 p.m., Random Howse -- from Melinda Milligan -- Join the Daves -- Mamet, Zoeller, and Parish, for a spirited evening at Random Howse! The show (music) will start at 7 p.m. Actor's Theater of Orcas Island presents an evening of Reader's Theater and music
Market Day at Emmanuel Episcopal
Saturday, July 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church grounds -- from Judy Schliebus for Emmanuel Episcopal Parish -- Judy and Doug Schliebus enjoy Market Day at Emmanuel Episcopal Church It’s time for St. Agnes Guild’s 66th Annual Market Day, which will be
OPAL Drafts of Rental Plans Shown at Design Charrette
-- by Margie Doyle -- One suggestion for housing clusters in the OPAL property for rental units OPAL Community Land Trust held an Open House -- Design Charrette -- on Tuesday, July 14 to display layout concepts for the planned 30-unit rental development on the 3+ acre property
Meet the Whale Museum Storm Drain Muralist
Tuesday, July 21, 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., The Whale Museum -- from Jenny Atkinson -- Urban runoff is one of the largest forms of pollutants to ocean life... Urban runoff is trash, pesticides, and other pollutants that end up flowing down a storm drain and affecting marine life on
Crude Oil Train Bound for Anacortes Derails in Montana
UPDATE 7/20/2015: A Tesoro spokesperson states the train was not headed for their facility in Anacortes as previously reported. From the Associated Press Derailed oil tankers are pictured on the side of U.S. Highway 2 east of Culbertson, Mont., on Friday, July 17, 2015, after a train derailment occurred the
EWUA Thanks Members Who Reduced Water Use
-- from Paul Kamin -- Eastsound Water Users Association (EWUA) would like to thank those members who have made efforts to reduce water use after our July 11 appeal to reduce outdoor water use. There was a noticeable and helpful reduction in the demand for water last week. After an early summer
Building Climate Resilience in SJ County
Monday, July 20th, 6 to 8 p.m. at the San Juan Island Grange -- from the San Juan Conservation District -- County wide climate discussion, timed to take ferries back to Orcas, Shaw and Lopez Islands and to Anacortes You are Invited to join a facilitated discussion on
Calendula Salve Workshop in the School Garden
Thursday, July 23 - 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Public School Garden -- from Farm to Cafeteria Committee -- The community is invited to come to the garden and learn how to make a healing salve from dried Calendula flowers and take home the tin of salve you made.
Naturalists Program Starts on Anacortes/San Juan Islands Sailings
-- from Lynne Griffith, Assistant Secretary WSDOT/Ferries Division -- Starting on Wednesday, July 22, our popular Ferry Naturalist Program resumes on select Anacortes/Friday Harbor sailings. This longstanding partnership between WSF, the Whale Museum in Friday Harbor and Orca Network educates visitors to San Juan Island about the Southern Resident killer whales
Lummis and Unitarian Universalists Unite for Totem Pole Journey
To support opposition to fossil fuel production and transportation -- from the Lummi Nation and the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship -- Master Carver Jewell James photo by James Leder Each year for the past two years, [Lummi] tribal members, led by Master Carver Jewell James of the Lummi
The Hush of Dance: Movement Graffiti from WWU
-- by Artha Kass for Orcas Center-- Have you ever listened to the inside of a sea shell and heard the roar of the ocean? Or placed your ear on the forehead of your child or over the heart of a loved one and listened to their unspoken longings? Upon
Health Department Unveils Water System Mapping Tool
Interactive Map of Water Systems now available online -- from San Juan County Health and Community Services -- San Juan County Health and Community Services and Information Services have teamed up to launch an interactive mapping tool, showing all public water systems in the County. The public can now use the
$190,726 for Public Facilities Assistance Recommended
-- from County documents (sanjuanco.com) -- Washington State law authorizes San Juan County to collect a 0.09% sales and use tax for public facilities serving economic development purposes in rural counties, and to finance personnel in economic development offices. The San Juan County Public Facilities Financing Assistance Program (PFFAP) Evaluation
Youth Conservation Corps Restores Fish Habitat
--by Katarina Schiller, Maya Heikinnen and Taylor Morrison with Trillium Swanson, Crew Leader -- [metaslider id=38127] The Orcas Island Youth Conservation Corps recently spent three days working on fish habitat restoration projects with Tina Whitman, Science Director for Friends of the San Juan. The first day we worked at West
